March randoms

[knx9211]

I had a bunch of bloodwork posted to the portal today. I’m Rh negative (O-). I had to have the Rhogam shot about a month ago after some bleeding. One of my results was an antibody screen. It came back POSITIVE. My heart almost fell out of my butt. Luckily I googled and found out that can happen after the shot. But Jesus! They shouldn’t be able to let you see that result without a note from the doctor telling you not to panic.

[fairfax]

I will join! I’m 8w4d today - last scan with the RE is tomorrow and I start weaning off the meds as well. I am excited to not do the PIO injections and also scared, lol.

[knx9211]

Mar 11, 2019 21:15:42 GMT -5 fairfax said:

I will join! I’m 8w4d today - last scan with the RE is tomorrow and I start weaning off the meds as well. I am excited to not do the PIO injections and also scared, lol.

I’m SO jealous. My RE makes me stay on until 12+6. My ass is killing me. Two more weeks to go.

Welcome!

[kellikans]

My baby's going to be 1 on Saturday!! 😭

[knx9211]

Mar 12, 2019 12:07:59 GMT -5 kellikans said:

My baby's going to be 1 on Saturday!! 😭

Oh no!! That has gone so quickly! Hope you guys have a good day celebrating.

[kellikans]

Mar 12, 2019 12:09:49 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Mar 12, 2019 12:07:59 GMT -5 kellikans said:

My baby's going to be 1 on Saturday!! 😭

Oh no!! That has gone so quickly! Hope you guys have a good day celebrating.

It has flown! Part of me wants him to stay a baby, but another part is like, please grow up because I don't know if I can handle you and a newborn in 4 months.

[thoseareradishes]

E did her speech therapy without me in the room with her for the first time today. I walked back with her and told her therapist I'd like to try and see how she did, since I felt like I was becoming too much of a distraction. I told her I was leaving and went and sat in the waiting room. My stomach kinda hurt since I never leave with her with anyone expect H, but she did so good! Her therapist was so happy with her progress, and I'm so glad we switched. I feel so much more comfortable at the new place and E seems to like it too.

[grover]

Ready or not, these boys are coming anytime now in the next week. It's a really weird feeling with already having DD. I'm feeling all the feels about her not being our only anymore. And just rocking our world jumping from 1 to 3 kids, all of which will be briefly under 2 for a few days-a week. Thursday I have an MFM appointment since I failed Monday's BPP, and if they fail the one on Thursday, they will be born then. Which, I'm kinda wanting because I'm not feeling great anymore and because how cool would it be to have their birthday be on Pi Day (I teach math lol). If they pass, scheduled C is set for Tuesday next week, but that feels forever away with how giant and uncomfortable I am right now.

[scm1011]

Good luck, grover!! Can't wait to hear the news that those babies arrived safely!
And I have the same feelings about rocking DS' world. He is such a mama's boy and its going to be a tough transition for him to have to share me.

[pooh8402]

Same as grover, this baby will be here one way or another by Monday at the latest. Due date is tomorrow, and I have an appointment, at which time my OB will sweep my membranes. Induction scheduled for Monday, 40w4d. Another OB (one of mine's partners) offered to sweep my membranes at work on Monday but the shift got busy and we never got around to it. Dammit.

After all the contractions earlier, and the work and stress to keep him inside, it is so surreal that I'm now trying to force him out and made it to my due date. And if anything, my contractions have actually slowed down.

And I just don't know what to think re: E1. Like others said, his world is about to be rocked and he has no clue. I don't have any anxiety about it though, and right now plan to to just take it as it comes. My mom and sister have given me lots of helpful advice regarding transitioning the older kid.

[knx9211]

Guys I'm huge. I put on a form fitting dress today with a blazer because it's the only way to hide my stomach. I know some of it's bloat, but it looked like this as soon as I woke up. I look bigger at 11+1 than I did at 20 weeks with DS. I can't wait until I get my first tri scan so I can start wearing what I want and stop hiding. I've caught people glancing at my stomach so I don't think I've been doing a good job hiding. Luckily, no one has been a big enough asshole to ask.

[knx9211]

Oh wait I have something else to say. Remember I said I had to switch hospital systems because of my husband's new insurance? I found this out at what should have been my first OB appt with my MFM I saw for DS at 9+5. So I called the doctor someone recommended to me in the new system and the first appt I could get in for is on Tuesday, when I'll be 11+6. When I had to schedule my first tri screen at my old doctor, I had to schedule like a month in advance. I'm really scared they won't be able to get me in in the window at the new place. Ughhh. I know it's technically elective (or that's what they told me), but I WANT IT.

Also I had something else to say and totally forgot. So I'll be back when I figure out what it was.

Wait I remember! So I'll be 11+6 at my appointment on Tuesday - can they use the Doppler? I want to listen!

[pooh8402]

Mar 14, 2019 9:13:51 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Oh wait I have something else to say. Remember I said I had to switch hospital systems because of my husband's new insurance? I found this out at what should have been my first OB appt with my MFM I saw for DS at 9+5. So I called the doctor someone recommended to me in the new system and the first appt I could get in for is on Tuesday, when I'll be 11+6. When I had to schedule my first tri screen at my old doctor, I had to schedule like a month in advance. I'm really scared they won't be able to get me in in the window at the new place. Ughhh. I know it's technically elective (or that's what they told me), but I WANT IT.

Also I had something else to say and totally forgot. So I'll be back when I figure out what it was.

Wait I remember! So I'll be 11+6 at my appointment on Tuesday - can they use the Doppler? I want to listen!

You can always call and ask re: the ultrasound. My first OB, the ultrasound tech was in the office, so it was scheduled at the same time as my 12 week appointment.

Re: the doppler, it's possible, but I'm not consistent on hearing heartbeat with a doppler until 14 weeks. I did get a heartbeat on doppler at 12 weeks last week.

[loira]

knx9211 are you doing any other early screening (NIPT)? Can't remember. I would rage a thousand fiery suns if you haven't and they're refusing to get you in on time for a 12 week scan. If you have, I would still rage because there are other reasons the 12 week is useful.

Last week was awful for me. My boss said something to me in a meeting that was basically not a big deal, and when I tried to explain my decision, something just triggered a reminder of how horrible that experience in the agency was right after I lost V (they basically made me take all my holidays for bereavement, then pushed me out of projects etc when I came back). All of a sudden I'm crying. In a meeting with my boss. I sort of managed to explain and she was super nice about it but I'm so embarrassed. This is the first permanent job I've had since that whole ordeal. Fuck. Luckily this is the government and they can't fire you for being a headcase.

[knx9211]

loira, if that's what I'm thinking of, we had planned to. The ultrasound/blood work combo that looks for Downs Syndrome, etc. I'm going to be real pissed if we don't get it scheduled.

And you're not a headcase. I'm sorry that happened. I hope your boss was understanding.

[pandora89]

Mar 14, 2019 9:47:59 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

loira, if that's what I'm thinking of, we had planned to. The ultrasound/blood work combo that looks for Downs Syndrome, etc. I'm going to be real pissed if we don't get it scheduled.

And you're not a headcase. I'm sorry that happened. I hope your boss was understanding.

Ohh, the NT scan. You have to get it down by a certain time (I think somewhere around 13 weeks) so hopefully you are able to get in before then! I would be really pissed to if I didn’t get an appointment in time.

Doppler is possible, I found a heartbeat on my one at home around 10 weeks but I was a nutcase and spent way too much time trying to find it everyday. I’m not sure any doctor would be willing to spend the amount of time I did haha.

[pandora89]

Now that we are getting back into cycling I am regretting my decision to wait till this summer to start and want to do it NOW, but I know waiting is best so we can get healthy and take supplements.

BFF also told me she’s about 8 weeks pregnant, I didn’t think it would sting the second time around (same thing happened when we were in the middle of cycling for DS), but of course, it does sting. Blah.

I am obsessively refreshing my bloodwork portal waiting for my current AMH level to be posted, hopefully it hasn’t plummeted since last time, almost 3 years ago.

[shauni27]

knx9211, we heard the heartbeat both times before 12 weeks.

[thoseareradishes]

Hugs loira . I'm glad your boss seemed understanding, because you definitely aren't a headcase.

I hope you are able to get the testing done knx9211 .

It's so nice out today, I have some windows open airing out my house. I'm going to take E to the playground after she gets up from nap.

[mpc]

knx9211, my nurse found the heartbeat with the doppler at 10 weeks last time. Which wass great, except then she was like, ok now we don't need to pull out the ultrasound machine. And then I was sad, lol.

[robinsbff]

I had a kidney stone and am in the hospital. Woke up Wednesday in pain, right at 7 weeks. They suspected my appendix at first but saw my right kidney was huge. They had to make a few modifications to treatment because of my pregnancy. MRI instead of cat scan to diagnose and for the surgery today I got a spinal block instead of going under general anesthesia. They avoided using the X-ray or the laser during surgery too so that’s great. The pain was awful. During the ultrasound yesterday though the tech said baby looked fine. So that’s re-assuring at least. Hope to head home tomorrow. They are keeping me to watch for UTI and my blood pressure is high.

[cactuscookie]

loira , I cried in front of my boss once at my old job. I was very embarrassed. It was for something far less traumatic than your situation. (I'd been working part-time when H was a baby and was told I needed to go back to full-time, effective immediately. It was also the day after Trump was elected, so I was already in a bad mental/emotional place.)

Yikes, robinsbff ! I'm glad it's being taken care of and everything looks great with the baby.

We are hanging in there. DD2 isn't quite a unicorn, but she's a far cry from (heh, pun wasn't actually intended) the colicky mess than DD1 was. I'm starting to see how much starting out parenthood with a baby as hard as DD1 messed us up and just made us more anxious in general. It's also hard to enjoy DD2's babyhood, because I feel like we're both constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop.

We're just starting to see DD1 start to struggle with having a new sibling. She loves the baby and has never shown any sign of meanness there, which is great. But she is getting clingy, and lately we've seen some examples of "any attention is good attention" in the way of huge tantrums. It's still going better than I thought it would though.

[pickel]

Mar 14, 2019 9:07:13 GMT -5 knx9211 said:

Guys I'm huge. I put on a form fitting dress today with a blazer because it's the only way to hide my stomach. I know some of it's bloat, but it looked like this as soon as I woke up. I look bigger at 11+1 than I did at 20 weeks with DS. I can't wait until I get my first tri scan so I can start wearing what I want and stop hiding. I've caught people glancing at my stomach so I don't think I've been doing a good job hiding. Luckily, no one has been a big enough asshole to ask.

I’m right there with you. I’m only a couple of ways behind you (10+6) and I look like I did when I was 20 weeks pregnant or bigger w DS. I feel like I’ve been showing since 1dp5dt though (so much bloat!) LOL Ive been trying to hide it but people have eyed my stomach the last few days.

[pickel]

Mar 14, 2019 15:17:15 GMT -5 robinsbff said:

I had a kidney stone and am in the hospital. Woke up Wednesday in pain, right at 7 weeks. They suspected my appendix at first but saw my right kidney was huge. They had to make a few modifications to treatment because of my pregnancy. MRI instead of cat scan to diagnose and for the surgery today I got a spinal block instead of going under general anesthesia. They avoided using the X-ray or the laser during surgery too so that’s great. The pain was awful. During the ultrasound yesterday though the tech said baby looked fine. So that’s re-assuring at least. Hope to head home tomorrow. They are keeping me to watch for UTI and my blood pressure is high.

Oh my goodness! How painful! I hope you are feeling better.

[pooh8402]

E2 is here! Birth story and picture on GotP.

[pandora89]

Congrats Pooh!!

[pandora89]

Finally got my AMH results back and it is almost exactly the same as it was 3 years ago! .98 May 2016 and .97 now. So relieved!

[grover]

Grover twins were born on Thursday Pi Day! 6.5 pounds and 6 pounds 15 ounces! Both boys are in NICU because they needed additional oxygen at birth, but oxygen tubes were removed today!

[loira]

Congrats grover! Those are great weights - bigger than my singleton 37 weeker DD at birth!

[konapoppy]

Congrats grover! That is a whole lot of baby I hope your NICU stay is short.